# Mind map and status

slipstream renders the project mind map and a live status panel inside the Claude Code chat. The primary experience is in-chat; a self-contained HTML artifact is available when you want something to open in a browser or attach to a pull request.

## The mind map in chat

`/slipstream:mindmap` runs `npx slipstream mindmap .`, which builds a tree from the project map (`buildMindMap`) and renders it as a Mermaid flowchart themed with the SarmaLinux palette (`mindMapToMermaid`). Claude includes the Mermaid block in its reply, so you see the diagram rendered in chat.

```mermaid
%%{init: {'theme':'base','themeVariables':{'primaryColor':'#0d1117','primaryTextColor':'#f5f7fa','primaryBorderColor':'#38bdf8','lineColor':'#22d3ee','fontFamily':'monospace'}}}%%
flowchart LR
  n0(["your-project"]) --> n1["src/"]
  n1 --> n2["app.ts"]
  n1 --> n3["lib/"]
```

The chat diagram collapses to directories and files and drops symbol leaves, to stay readable. The HTML artifact keeps more detail.

## The status panel

`/slipstream:status` runs `npx slipstream status . --bytes <estimate>` and prints:

- the project size (files and exported symbols),
- the approximate context budget with its level (`ok`, `warn` or `compact`) and the matching advice,
- the number of durable memories stored,
- the project mind map.

Use it to decide whether to keep going or to compact. At `compact`, run the `compact-and-offload` skill: it summarises the session and writes durable facts to memory before you compact.

## The HTML artifact

```
npx slipstream mindmap . --html .claude/slipstream/mindmap.html
```

`renderArtifact` writes a single self-contained HTML file with the SarmaLinux palette, the project stats, and the Mermaid mind map loaded from a CDN. Open it in a browser to share the picture outside the chat.

## Failure modes

- The Mermaid block does not render. Confirm your chat client renders Mermaid; the raw block is still readable as text. The diagram always begins with a `flowchart LR` header after the theme init line.
- The diagram is huge. The chat renderer caps the node count. For the full picture use the HTML artifact, which raises the cap.
- The budget shows 0 percent. You did not pass `--bytes`. Give it your rough bytes-read estimate for the session.

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